The key facts
- More than 120 violation cases on October 19–21, 39 involving gas supply employees
- Over 3,000 cylinders and 13,636 kg of liquefied gas seized
- Violations identified in Jizzakh, Samarkand, Fergana, Surkhandarya, Navoi, Syrdarya regions, Karakalpakstan, Khorezm and Namangan
Scale of identified violations
In Uzbekistan, raids against illegal storage and sale of liquefied gas at inflated prices took place on October 19–21. More than 120 cases were identified, in 39 of which the involvement of gas supply authority employees was recorded. As material evidence, more than 3,000 cylinders in illegal circulation and 13,636 kilograms of gas contained in them were seized. The raids were conducted across the republic jointly by employees of the State Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Uzenergoinspektsiya.
Examples by region
In Jizzakh region, illegal storage of 239 cylinders was identified in 9 cases; in Zaamin district, a person who previously held a high position secretly stored 152 cylinders at a relative's house. In Havast district of Syrdarya region, 30 cylinders without documents were found at the home of an official of the gas supply department. In Samarkand region, a watchman of the Urgut gas filling station was detained while selling 3 cylinders for 2.5 million soums; in Pastdargom district, 22 cylinders were found with a citizen born in 1972 — according to the publication, he bought them from a district gas driver for 70 thousand soums each and sold them for 100 thousand. In Kushtepa district of Fergana region, a gas supply engineer and a mechanic stored 8 cylinders at home for illegal sale. In Bandikhan district of Surkhandarya region, a 39-year-old citizen intended to resell 32 cylinders bought from a district gas driver for 70 thousand soums; in total, 65 illegally stored cylinders were documented in the region. In Khatyrchi district of Navoi region, 26 cylinders were seized from a driver of the gas supply department. Similar violations were also identified in Karakalpakstan, Khorezm and Namangan regions.
Further measures
It is reported that raids to identify violations in supplying the population with liquefied gas will continue in cooperation with other agencies, and measures established by legislation will be applied to violators. Citizens can report such cases to the SGB Call Center at the short number 1520; confidentiality of the data of those who contact is guaranteed.
